A restaurant manager hires an efficiency analyst to come in to his restaurant for an annual evaluation of his establishment.
The first thing the analyst noticed was that each of the waiters/waitresses had a spoon in their front pocket. Curious, the analyst asked the manager "why do your employees all carry spoons in their pockets?"
The manager got a grin on his face and said "we find that the most commonly dropped utensil is a spoon, so if we have one on hand, we don't have to go back to the kitchen to get the customer a new spoon."
The analyst was clearly impressed by this innovative thinking, and gave the restaurant very high marks in the category.
The next thing the analyst noticed was a short string attached to the zipper of the men's pants. Again, he asked the manager why they had strings attached, to which the manager replied, "All employees must wash their hands after using the bathroom, but if we can eliminate direct contact with our hands, we don't need to wash hands, thus greatly decreasing restroom time."
Again, the analyst was impressed. But then a follow-up question dawned on him... "...then how do you get everything back in your pants after your are done?"
The manager said "Well, I don't know about the other guys, but I just use the spoon."